Bersimis, Quebec (1911 census)

Bersimis was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1911 Census of Canada with a population of 721. The administrative centroid was at approximately 49.048°N, 68.681°W.

Population

In 1911, Bersimis had a population of 721: 362 male and 359 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Bersimis, 1901 (40.6% share).

Later boundary forms

• In a later year, this CSD contained Papinachois, 1921 (1.0% of this CSD's polygon).
• In a later year, this CSD became part of Indian reserves, 1921 (89.4% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1911

In the 1911 census, Bersimis shared boundaries with:

• NO DATA
• Ste. Anne de Portneuf

Full census record, 1911

The 1911 census recorded 21 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 4 categories.

Population & families (1911). This community's record includes 721 total population, 362 males in the population, 359 females in the population, 203 single (never-married) males, 202 single (never-married) females, 179 families, 152 married males, 146 married females, 11 widowed females, 7 widowed males. 501 population in the previous census (1901 reference column included in 1911 V1T1). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T1; V1T2.)

Ethnic origin (1911). This community's record includes 296 persons of French origin, 15 persons of British origin (English), 15 persons of British origin (Irish), 11 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 1 persons of Swiss origin. 381 persons recorded under the official census category "Indian"; corresponds to what is now described as Indigenous (First Nations; in northern enumerations also Inuit) origin. "Indian" was simultaneously a census category and the legal/administrative term under the Indian Act (1876). (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T7.)

Religion (1911). This community's record includes 720 Roman Catholics, 2 persons whose religion or origin is unspecified, 1 Presbyterians. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V2T2; V2T7.)

Buildings & housing (1911). This community's record includes 124 dwellings. (Source: 1911 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC154052 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC154052 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: not yet grounded. This page covers a place whose persistent identity has not yet been linked to a Wikidata entity. Identification is via TCP UID and spatial polygon only.

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1911 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Bersimis, Quebec (1911 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/bersimis-qc154052-1911/.